In 2022, authorities launched ecological restoration projects at sites including the Tainiu River, reshaping channels to create deep pools, shallow riffles, and low-flow areas suited to native species ...

BRAINERD, Minn. – For hundreds of bait shops across Minnesota, Urbank Live Bait Co. in Otter Tail County is ground zero for minnows. So, it wasn't good news last week when owner Marshall Koep said his ...

Hannah Anema tosses minnow feed into one of the 15 Minnesota DNR fish ponds in New London Monday morning. The flathead and sucker minnows are food for new muskie fingerlings, which arrived last week ...

Fishing season is almost here in Minnesota — but bait shops across the state are having trouble finding enough minnows. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, minnow harvests fell ...

A record-breaking fish was caught in a Kansas farm pond this year, and not everyone thinks that should count. Angler Tami Sanderson, of Goodland, reeled in the yellow perch using a minnow as bait in ...

Mary Vang caught a catfish, estimated to weigh between 10-12 pounds, using a jig head at Ute Lake with a 3-inch Gulp minnow on Sept. 20. Jeremy Pitts caught a 37-inch tiger muskie at Bluewater Lake ...

MANKATO — Stopping into a bait shop for a scoop of crappie minnows, shiners or fathead minnows is a Minnesota tradition. But supplying those bait shops has become increasingly more difficult as ...

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